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health opportunities of migration Unfortunately, discussions on migrant health are often focussing on health risks and adverse outcomes alone.
This ignores that migrants tend to come from healthier
and better-trained segments of sending communities.
At the time of arrival, they are often in better health
than the average of the host community. As migrant
workers, they often expose themselves to higher risks
in the workplace, in the agricultural and industrial sectors as well as in domestic environments.

However, relative to their countries of origin, they often have better
access to health care and enjoy the benefits of the developed
public health care system of industrialized countries. Thus, positive health
effects may be considerable when compared to the situation
beforemigration. In addition, there can be an indirect
positive effect on the health of the population of origin: Remittances sent back home contribute towards improving the economic status of families, and thereby to improving their health .It is estimated that remittances from migrants to their home communities in developing countries exceed
official development assistance and are only second to the foreign direct investment.

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